disabled Christianity

 Over the years I have come to know many people with various disabilities who are living at or below the poverty line. Several have literally been waiting for over 10 years to get onto section 8...

https://disabledchristianity.blogspot.com/2022/09/loan-forgiveness-vs-supporting.html

 Jeff and Kathi McNair have been facilitating an adult ministry that particularly includes adults with intellectual disabilities. They have published 3 curricula for this ministry on Psalms, Rom...

https://disabledchristianity.blogspot.com/2022/04/free-bible-lessons-download-on.html

It has been interesting over the years of ministry with adults with intellectual disabilities, that there have been several occasions, only a few, where those with higher functioning disabilities...

https://disabledchristianity.blogspot.com/2022/04/be-aware-of-manipulation.html

  Years ago, I believe I shared this pictorial presentation of the gospel message. I have used it literally for decades to teach about the plan of salvation to persons with intellectual and ot...

https://disabledchristianity.blogspot.com/2021/09/the-plan-of-salvation.html

  Galatians 6:7 -  Do not be deceived: God cannot be mocked. A man reaps what he sows. A farmer was having trouble with a crop that he was attempting to grow. In desperation, he called the...

https://disabledchristianity.blogspot.com/2021/05/sow-what-different-perspective-on.html

 I was watching a TV show last night. In it, a couple was separated. As children, there was a scene where they were hiding from school authorities by lying on their backs in a field. At a poigna...

https://disabledchristianity.blogspot.com/2021/05/suffering-and-prayer.html

 I recently had the opportunity to do a sermon at my church. My topic was God's sovereignty, particularly in the context of disability.  I talked about how we support or "carry" others for whom...

https://disabledchristianity.blogspot.com/2021/03/disability-and-sovereignty-of-god.html

 I recently had a conversation with a friend who was doing research on issues surrounding disability ministry. In the midst of the conversation he asked, "Do you think that disability is the res...

https://disabledchristianity.blogspot.com/2021/03/disability-and-fall-of-man.html

 It has been a while since I have posted here! I am hoping to get back into posting so cross your fingers! Recently, I have been thinking about a Wolfensberger idea regarding the prophetic pre...

https://disabledchristianity.blogspot.com/2021/02/the-cancel-culture-and-allegiance-to.html

BACK IN 1997, I WROTE AN ARTICLE ABOUT NETWORKS SUPPORTING ADULTS WITH DISABILITIES IN THE COMMUNITY. A FORM OF IT WAS PUBLISHED IN A JOURNAL BUT IS NO LONGER AVAILABLE. I HAD PUBLISHED THIS ACTU...

https://disabledchristianity.blogspot.com/2020/08/networks-supporting-adults-with.html

The church offers great potential for participation in ongoing relationships and prevention of abandonment. At times, those of us who are not intellectually disabled, can emphasize the importanc...

https://disabledchristianity.blogspot.com/2020/03/disability-and-belonging.html

When I look at ministry that includes persons with disabilities and I admit I am hypersensitive to this issue, I worry about things that we do that separate people with disabilities from people ...

https://disabledchristianity.blogspot.com/2020/02/separating-people-with-and-without.html

When you try to answer the question "What is disability?" the typical response, typical understanding is based upon two "models" of disability. The medical model says that disability is a charac...

https://disabledchristianity.blogspot.com/2020/01/stop-blaming-people-with-disabilities.html

The ministry that my wife Kathi and I facilitate along with others is called the Light & Power Company. We meet at Trinity EV Free Church in Redlands, California. Recently, I ask Scott Freeman, ...

https://disabledchristianity.blogspot.com/2020/01/disability-ministry-our-light-power.html

I am currently awaiting the publication of an article I wrote related to the kinds/areas of cultural change that need to occur within the church. These areas will be addressed more fully when th...

https://disabledchristianity.blogspot.com/2020/01/more-thoughts-on-disability-ministry.html

Matthew 9:16-17 "Besides, who would patch old clothing with new cloth? For the new patch would shrink and rip away from the old cloth, leaving an even bigger tear than before. And no one puts n...

https://disabledchristianity.blogspot.com/2019/12/disability-ministry-and-cultural-change.html

A group of people gathered in a room. Some carried musical instruments that they carefully removed from their cases and proceeded to warm up playing various scales. A kind person strolled to the...

https://disabledchristianity.blogspot.com/2019/12/the-wednesday-night-friends-of.html

At the Christian Institute on Disability, a part of the Joni and Friends organization, we have been publishing a journal since 2012. Up till now, there was a cost for subscription or for individ...

https://disabledchristianity.blogspot.com/2019/11/jcid-journal-of-christian-institute-on.html

I was recently in a meeting where I was sharing about the importance of people being fully integrated into the church. Change in church culture begins with presence. See a discussion of this her...

https://disabledchristianity.blogspot.com/2019/11/segregation-of-persons-with-disabilities.html

As had been mentioned before in this blog, my wife and I lead a ministry to adults with disabilities at my local church. Its called the Light and Power Company. Each week we have a typical bible...

https://disabledchristianity.blogspot.com/2019/07/inclusion-of-persons-with-disabilities.html

In the last month, I have had the opportunity to travel to two places which are quite different when it comes to social skills. In France, I was at times greeted with a kiss on the cheek. In Chi...

https://disabledchristianity.blogspot.com/2019/04/disability-ministry-and-social-skills.html

I have been thinking a lot about relationships involving individuals, the community and God. See this link for some of my thoughts . Recently in putting together a sermon on 1 Corinthians 12, th...

https://disabledchristianity.blogspot.com/2019/04/disability-as-it-relates-to-people.html

From Dr. Wolf Wolfensberger (1976) "When legalization of euthanasia comes, it will come in the name of six favorite deceptions and disguises. They will say (as I can clearly document) that putt...

https://disabledchristianity.blogspot.com/2019/02/euthanasia-of-children-with-disabilities.html

So often, when we consider the development of ministry to persons in some way affected by disability, we focus on our perceptions of the situation. We have customary ways of doing things that ha...

https://disabledchristianity.blogspot.com/2019/01/disability-ministry-perceptions.html

I have been thinking and writing a lot lately about the ways in which the Christian community's culture needs to change in order to better love our neighbors, in particular those with disabiliti...

https://disabledchristianity.blogspot.com/2019/01/dr-martin-luther-king-and-changing.html